The Guzder League T20 Tournament organised by Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) started on Tuesday with 10 half centuries being scored on the opening day at various grounds of the city. To top them all, Kshitiz Dahiya, playing for All India Reporter, scored highest runs of the day, a fine 34-ball 84, with the help of five fours and eight sixes at Central Railways ground. AIR (258-5) defeated Medical Representative Cricket Club (175) by 83 runs. SGR Sports Academy’s Avesh Khan cracked 70 runs from 43 balls as they posted 176-9 against Eleven Star Cricket Club. Khan’s knock had six balls to the fence and four over it. Eleven Star were then bundled out for 154 in 18.1 overs at the DY Patil Sports Academy ground.

 

The half-centurions of the day were: Kshitiz Dahiya (All India Reporter; 84), Avesh Sheikh (SGR Sports Academy; 70), Prabhal Choukhande (Indian Gymkhana; 56), Vrushubh Arsade (Royal Cricket Association; 53), Jitesh Sharma (Ministerial Services Sports Club; 57), Rohit Binkar (Ruby Colts; 52), Vishesh Tiwari (Medical Representative Cricket Club; 73), Akash Kumar (All India Reporter; 62), Updesh Rajput (VMV; 72), Athrav Kidey (VMV; 55). Brief scores: SGR Sports Academy 176-9 in 20 overs (Avesh Shaikh 70, Alok Wadkar 30; Abhishek Gupta 2-14, Harwshal Shankpal 2-30) bt Eleven Star Cricket Club 154 in 18.1 overs (Harsh Shankpal 28, Krishna Tiwari 43; Alok Wadkar 4-22, Priyans Pawar 2-36) by 22 runs. Indian Gymkhana 213-7 in 20 overs (Prabhal Choukhande 56, Sanjay Ramaswamy 47, Devansh Thakkar 30; Deepesh Vaswani 2-51, Pravesh Asudani 2-28) bt Royal Cricket Association 160-9 in 20 overs (Vrushubh Arsade 53, Keshav Chandra 27, Pravesh Asudani 27; Rajneesh Gurbani 3-23, Devansh Thakkar 3-30, Rishab Borkar 2-33) by 53 runs. Ministerial Services Sports Club 138 in 19.1 overs (Jitesh Sharma 57; Pratham Maheshwari 2-39, Manan Agrawal 3-24) lost to Navniketan Cricket Club 139-2 in 12.1 overs (Vedant Dighade 46, Aditya Ahuja 42, Faiz Sheikh 44; Avinash Jadhav 1-38, Rohit Dattatraya 1-23) by 8 wickets. Reshimbagh Gymkhana 122-9 in 15 overs (Digvijay Tiwari 35, Ajay Pawar 24; Dushyant Tekan 3-25, Kunal Nagar 2-12) lost to Ruby Colts 123-9 (Rohit Binkar 52, Sachin Katariya 29; Vedant Kuraria 3-24, Salman Raza 2-36) by 1 wicket. All India Reporter 258-5 in 20 overs (Akash Kumar 62, Kshitiz Dahiya 84, Akash Kombe 43; Aditya Thakare 1-53) bt Medical Representative Cricket Club 175 in 19.2 overs (Vishesh Tiwari 73; Kaustubh Salve 2-20, Dnyanesh Mondhe 3-20) by 83 runs. Advocate XI 135 in 20 overs (Sankalp Jain 27, Shreshth Chourasia 19; Utkarsh Singhal 3-25, Siddhant Muley 2-23) lost to VMV 136 for no loss in 13.2 overs (Updesh Rajput 72, Atharva Kidey 55) b y 10 wickets.